Well, I'm leaning toward multiple protections... probably a disk lock plus a Scorpio 500i.
I can't recall where, but I recall reading a thread about alternate wiring for the Scorpio's ignition kill circuit...connecting it to the fuel pump rather than power for safety reasons.
Where's this great thread???
Other security product suggestions?
I spoke to Scorpio direct about the ignition kill on the GSXR because I wanted to confirm wire colors and such.
Anyway the tech told me he didn't recommend the ignition circuit.
Why I asked if that is what the book says to use???
He said the ignition circuit is a high voltage circuit and as you get higher in the rpm range the more voltage the circuit draws. This has been known to send false signals to the ignition kill module.
Instead he recommended the fuel pump circuit as it is a low voltage circuit.
I however elected to not install it all together. My concern was not someone stealing it with me on it really.
Is an alarm really a better deterrent than a disk lock or big chain?
A normal alarm that just makes noise, I would have to say probably not unless you were lucky enough to hear it inside a building.
A disk lock is a joke because these thieves are just going to either pick the bike up or drag it and the disk lock isn't going to prevent that and neither is a chain really.
The nice thing about the scorpion 500 is the paging feature.
If the bike is uprighted or the motion sensor goes off it will page you.
I park my in an garage at work in Silver Spring with the alarm set for silent but it will page me. This way no one will know it has been set off. Plus the perimeter sensor will reset it self if someone moves up on it slow enough when they hear it chirp.
I also use a Onguard 7ft cable and lock it to a electrical conduit so that this will detain them long enough to set off the alarm and I can get down and call the police.
Very easy hook up too.
